Proverbs: The Sluggard

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Proverbs 26:14 (English Standard Version)

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

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Proverbs 26:14 uses emblematic parallelism to again mock the sluggard’s love of sleep: “As the door turns on its hinges, / So does the sluggard on his bed.” The next two verses complete the picture of the slothful person: “The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; / He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. / The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes / Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.” Of note is the sluggard’s high opinion of himself: he thinks he is smart not to work; it doesn’t matter how many reasonable arguments are brought against him, he persists in his conceit that he is a wise man. 

On my long ride home from ministry work yesterday, I was listening to a radio preacher state (paraphrased) that the sluggard is often lazy, without a job, but yet loves to give spiritual advice to those that do work!

Hmmm...